The Chrysler Museum in the News

To sum up the Chrysler difference in a single story, click the image above for Devon Britt-Darby's review for Arts and Culture Texas. If it looks too long to read, just scroll to the bottom and read the last four paragraphs.

Shown above is our favorite story of all time. Listed below are clips dating back to 2010. Links range from major newspapers to quirky blogs, from national arts publications to niche publications.

• An internationally acclaimed floral designer visited for a week of exclusive workshops. This story on Nicky Markslag comes from WVEC.

• On the 30th anniversary of Andy Warhol's death, the Virginian-Pilot looked back on the day when the artist visited this Museum at the invitation of Walter Chrysler, Jr.

• Here's a photo scan of a nice story about our efforts to increase the accessibility and enjoyment of visitors. Our Manager of Curriculum and Gallery Programs, Jonathan Markham, was interviewed by The Captain's Log of Christopher Newport University.

• Jan. 21, 2017, saw more than 600 protest marches across America. The Norfolk march started on our front yard. Since it was covered by every TV station and newspaper in town, we'll just link to a couple photo galleries, as found here and here.

2016

• We're taking the first steps to see if we can expand the Perry Glass Studio. It's been a huge success in its first five years, so we've hired an architect to explore options. The news was covered by AltDaily.com, Glass is More, Art Daily, and Southside Daily.

• A great glass art show is coming here next year, and the story of Monir Farmanfarmaian is previewed here.

• We reached the finals, but came in second, in an international contest for best museum dance video. The best overall overview came from The Guardian, but we also have to thank WVEC, The Virginian-Pilot, and The Daily Press for their support and coverage throughout. You can watch the video here.

2015

• Charlotte Potter, a noted glass artist when she's not acting as our Glass Studio Manager and Programming Director, is profiled in the Fredericksburg Literary & Art Review. Click here, then work your way to page 39.

• An excellent article by Teresa Annas on photographer Tseng Kwong Chi and our late curator, Amy Brandt, who knew his work deserved a museum retrospective. Tseng's work is described as "paraperformative."

• In Los Angeles, the Broad (rhymes with "rode") Museum opens on Sept. 20, and they will be using the same Gallery Host approach that was pioneered here. Our Director of Visitor Services, Colleen Higginbotham, is quoted in this Los Angeles Times story.

• More than a thousand glass artists and aficionados will be gathering in Norfolk in June 2017. Via HamptonRoads.com, here's a report on Norfolk, the Chrysler, and the Chrysler Museum Glass Studio being selected to host a big international glass conference.

• The Chrysler Museum Glass Studio is going to be working with NASA experts on a project to create a 3-D printer for glass.

• Talk about timely exhibition! We have on view an installation by an African-American artist that addresses the symbolism of the Confederate flag. With all the controversy swirling, the work of Hank Willis Thomas in Black Righteous Space earned coverage in American Photo, the Virginian-Pilot, and ArtFixDaily.

• From Bloun Art Info, a story about the reopened and expanded Corning Museum of Glass. We congratulate the New York facility on its $64 million expansion, and if you read to the very end, you'll find an interesting note about us.

• Here's a really nice place to see your exhibition highlighted in a slide show: Architectural Digest.

• Our retiring director, Bill Hennessey, was interviewed by the Virginian-Pilot. Look for the anecdote about people waiting in the rain for the doors to open, and his vow to never have that happen again.

• In the Best Bets for Fall, artsy editions, we earned four mentions in The Daily Press of Newport News.

• Our Barry Curator of Glass, Diane Wright, is on the cover of the September issue of Tidewater Women magazine.

• Charlotte Potter, when not working as our Glass Studio Manager and Program Director, is a gifted glass artist in her own right. Her solo exhibition was reviewed by Teresa Annas of the Virginian Pilot.

• WTKR reported on the last day of the visit by Rubber Duck. Since the lead says it's "the rubber duck that has invaded everyone's Facebook, Instagram and Twitter feeds for the past week," we'll add that the Museum's Facebook page reached 1.6 million people in 10 days.

• From WAVY 10 evening anchor Tom Schaad, a photo essay from behind the scenes at the Chrysler.

• Chrysler Director William Hennessey said today he has one last major acquisition target before his retirement—C.M. Coolidge's Dogs Playing Poker. Perhaps we should mention the April 1 publication date.

• Flipkey, a blog from the travel site TripAdvisor, researched the "most fascinating and most talked-about museums in each state across the country." The Chrysler made the list.

• From the Virginian-Pilot, "Giant rubber duck coming for Chrysler's reopening." Now to be precise, Florentijn Hofman's Rubber Duck actually arrives on May 17, which is a week after our reopening on May 10, but we understand how headline writing goes.

• Glass Quarterly has an interview with our Glass Studio Manager Charlotte Potter in which the focus is her latest artistic projects.

• "Chrysler Museum's renovations on schedule and within budget" says a report in Inside Business.

• In one way this is a story about our Museum. In another way, it's about a female artist finally getting her due. The story of Idelle Weber's artworks can be found in the Virginian-Pilot or at Blouin ArtInfo.

• Here's a fantastic essay in a most unexpected place. A New York consultancy that specializes in law firms in particular, and the legal profession in general, found valuable management lessons from a "magnetic" art museum. That museum is the Chrysler.

• The Glass Art Society takes a look at our Glass Studio assistantship program in their publication GAS News.

• The Southern Pines Pilot writes about our loaning several masterpieces (including works by Degas, Renoir and Rodin) to the North Carolina Museum of Art.

• Joe Flanagan of WVEC Channel 13 has quite a following for his "Joe's Job" segments, and he recently tried glassblowing in our Glass Studio. So has the news business lost a total pro, or has the glass world found its next great artist?

• It's pretty prestigious, being named a Magnetic Museum. We haven't started talking about it yet, because the book is not officially out, but here's a story about a museum that just couldn't wait.

• We are proud to present two new videos related to our Third Wednesday performance series at the Glass Studio. The first comes from our friends at AltDaily.com, and it builds off a recent Glass Theatre performance. The second comes from noted photographer (and videographer) Echard Wheeler and his blog Red Meat and Gin.

• "The Mystery of Glass" is the headline on a marvelous feature about our Glass Studio in Distinction Magazine.

• There's an impressive exhibition at the Muscarelle Museum in Williamsburg featuring ancient Athenian pottery. It includes some works of ours. When a Museum is renovating, it's a good time to send works out on loan.

• Nick Cave just keeps moving up when it comes to respect in the art world. Art Daily covers our acquisition of one of his soundsuits.

• The talented team at our Glass Studio hit the streets with a mobile hot shop to delight people taking part in a local street festival. Learn more about the Granby Street Meet, Greet and Imagine event here.

• From ArtDaily.org: As part of an ongoing partnership between the Chrysler Museum of Art and Old Dominion University, the Jean Outland Chrysler Library will move from the Museum into a new art building on the ODU campus in early 2014. Details here.

• A lovely blog post about Debora Moore, a Glass Studio Visiting Artist, from Coming East. The tagline of that site is "living life one sunrise at a time," and the post speaks eloquently about the value of supporting your local museum.

• A wonderful article in AltDaily about the Mic Fiend Cafe. We were quite happy to host these poetry slams.

• The TV show Norfolk Perspectives includes a look at our expansion and renovation plans. You can find our Director, Bill Hennessey, at the 15 minute mark.

• The Virginian-Pilot details our expansion plans in an article that includes architectural diagrams.

• Foodies rejoice! A travel writer plugs Norfolk as a destination and does so for a unique reason. Once you're done eating, The Gadling blog has nice things to say about local attractions, including our Museum and Glass Studio.

Our exquisite Degas, Dancer with Bouquets, is on loan to the Royal Academy of Arts in London. When the Reuters news service covered the opening, they posed a famous dancer in front of our famous painting. Click image to enlarge.

• Our special exhibition Curious George Saves The Day is featured on WHRO's "Norfolk Perspectives." Host Bob Batcher interviews both the famous monkey and Museum Director Bill Hennessey. Our segment runs from 18:12 to 23:20.